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I shouldn’t have interjected myself into his work. I messed up by revealing the things I’m capable of doing. Now Domenico is alarmed and suspicious of me, but I have nothing to hide. I’m not the one that brought me here, that told me I had no choice in marrying his son. I’m not the one with an agenda. The Caputos themselves are.
Whipping his head to where his sister is standing in the entryway, Domenico scoots his stool backward and then stands. “What are you doing home? You aren’t supposed to be back until tomorrow.”
“Yeah, well, I have a dress to be fitted for later today, but I also figured if this is actually going down tomorrow night”—she points between her oldest brother and me—“then I should get to know my soon-to-be sister.”
“You sure as hell didn’t try to get to know me,” Sasha pipes up, annoyance in her tone as well as a sneer on her face.
Sienna purses her lips, then glancing at Sasha says, “Because I already know you, and I don’t like you, but you’re coming too, so let’s go.”
“We live in the same house. I think I see you enough,” Sasha replies as she slides out of the booth.
“Whatever, let’s go, both of you.” Sienna motions to Sasha and then to me.
“Ciera isn’t going anywhere,” Domenico states.
“Sorry, big bro, but it’s not your call. I’ve already cleared it with the bossman.”
She smiles at Domenico, but it’s one of thosesmile for the camerasmiles that is obviously false and akin to triumph.
Perhaps it’s a sibling thing.
I have a brother, but Killian and I have never had the type of relationship the Caputos do, and I know we never will. He wasn’t thrilled in the least when I called him, stranded in New Orleans all those weeks ago. At first, I wasn’t sure he would bring me back home. He told me if I’d been smarter, I would have disappeared and never looked back.
Maybe, but the unknown scared me more than the nineteen years of treachery I’ve known from every member of my family. Killian puts on a good front, shows our family’s true colors the same as the rest, but I haven’t figured out if he’s really as evil as the rest of them.
I was raised by the worst man of them all, but I’m nothing like them. The only thing we have in common is our DNA.
“We’re having agirls’day,” Sienna emphasizes. “Go do men shit, or hell, go fuck Krishna out of your system since you’ll be a married man in about thirty-six hours, brother.” She crosses her arms.
“Who I fuck today or tomorrow or even next week is my business, so stay the fuck out of it.” Domenico clucks his tongue. “Besides, I thought you were mad at Dad?”
“Oh, I am, but since you haven’t done anything to get out of it, why should I fight your battles with Daddy?” Glancing at me and then at Sasha, she sighs in frustration. “Can you two move your asses already? We have places to be.”
Not wanting to remain in Domenico’s angry presence, I practically jump forward, walking toward her as quickly as my feet will carry me.
“Our conversation isn’t over, pet,” Domenico states from behind me, but I don’t turn around or acknowledge that I heard him. One would have to be deaf not to have heard the boom in his voice.
CHAPTER 17
DOMENICO
What is she hiding?
Maybe nothing, maybe everything.
Perhaps she’s just the pawn, but whose? Liam or Cormac?
Knowing that O’Donovan sent his own brother to the U.S. to go to college and then climb the ranks until he reached the police commissioner of New York City says a lot. He likely has other levels to achieve, and not to mention Liam also raised Ciera’s father until he sent Cormac back to New York to take over the Irish Crime ring.
He has to be the reason Ciera is here and for a specific purpose.
I just have to figure out what that reason is and if Ciera knows she’s part of his plan. And if she does, well, it shouldn’t be a stretch for her to know what I’ll do to all of them, including her.
I shouldn’t have jumped to a conclusion in front of her this morning. Not because I’m not suspicious of her motives and those of her family, but because I shouldn’t have shown my hand. Now she knows I’m leery of her, and I don’t need my pretty little pet to tip anyone off.
Of course, she showed her hand too. She revealed something far bigger than I did with my anger and emotions. I’ve never once thought Ciera to be lacking intelligence. You can look into her eyes and see the way she watches everyone and everything around her to know she isn’t dumb.
Part of my attraction to Krishna is because he not only matches me in strength but in intelligence also. I don’t need anything else about Ciera to make me want her any more than I already do. Her last name alone should be a turnoff, but it isn’t.
